Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

New LDAP Import Whitepaper available | Anthony Shorten Shorten shares info on an updated version of "LDAP Integration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products." Externalizing Fine-Grained Authorization from Applications | Marc Chanliau - Web Security Journal Chanliau describes how an Entitlements Server allows enterprises to externalize fine-grained authorization from an application’s logic. Webcast: Get Proactive with DBA Task AutomationAug 16 - 10am PT / 1pm...

Mastering Oracle BPM Suite 11g Webcast Series - weekly 8/18 thru 9/29 - 10am. PT / 1pm ET Seven consecutive weeks starting 8/18 - 10am. PT / 1pm ET. Speakers include Manoj Das, Meera Srinivasan, Heidi Buelow, Payal Srivastava, David Read, and Mark Nelson. Case Study: Laying a Foundation for Shared Services at PHH Corporation | David BaumDavid Baum describes the role Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, and Oracle reference architectures played in...

Featured this week in the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center: Oracle Optimized Solution for Agile Product Lifecycle Management Chad Prucha illustrates a pretested environment for Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management that consolidates multiple tiers onto a single Oracle Sun Fire X4800 M2 server using Oracle Solaris Containers as the virtualization technology. The Cloud Computing PrenupCommunity members get their "Dr. Phil" on with advice on navigating the cloud...

Lean Principles and Software Architecture: The Waste of Information Transformation | Nanette Brown - SEI Blog The eight types of waste identified in Lean manufacturing and how they manifest themselves in software development. Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day | Slashdot alphadogg writes "It's the last Friday in July. Have you hugged your system administrators today? TOGAF Certification - more | Pat Shepherd Pat shares more tips on passing the TOGAF test. A quick...

IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era | Kevin Fogarty - InfoWorld Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose. InfoQ: Cloud Computing Realigns Role of Service Oriented Architecture | JP Morgenthal SOA has been a source of dissension among enterprise, solution and application architects. Now cloud computing is changing the conversation. The Abstract Software Architect: Why Software Architecture Fails | Christine Miyachi"Neglect, abandonment,...

I’m not a programmer anymore and neither should you: a pragmatic analysis of our role in business | Isaac Vale "The problem with programming is that it gets too close to the detail," says Vale, "and at that level we fail to see the big picture." Exadata Split Rack Configuration | Andy Colvin Colvin shares notes on "an interesting Exadata installation" in which he participated. Embarcadero Performance Panel - July 28 | Kerry OsborneKaren Morton, Cary MIllsap, and Kerry Osborne...

The latest OTN Archbeat Podcast features an interview with two of the most prominent voices in Service Oriented Architecture. Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 Listen to Part 3 Thomas Erl [LinkedIn | Homepage] is a best-selling IT author and CEO of Arcitura Education Inc. and SOA Systems Inc., and is also involved in SOASchool.com and CloudSchool.com. He is the series editor of the Prentice Hall Service Oriented Computing Series that also bears his name, and, as if that's not...

The Role of Architect vs. The Role of the Software Architect, A Reality Check from Beautiful Architecture "In music composition and software design, the composer (software architect) creates a static description of a piece of music (architecture description and code) that is later performed (executed) many times. In both music and software the design can account for many components interacting to produce the desired result..." — Excerpted from Beautiful Architecture, by...

Oracle x86 Infrastructure - The Optimized Stack: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership through Vertical Integration An Edison Group white paper. Improving Data Quality through Anomaly Detection | Mark Kasunic - SEI Blog "The problem with poor data quality is that it leads to poor decisions," says Kasunic. Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong | Ted Cadsby - Harvard Business Review"A mind that is 'fertilized' by the first satisfying interpretation is closed to the more subtle and...